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Prof beards spqr is an excellent social history but not a good introduction to roman history she assumes that you have a reasonable grasp of the over arching political course of the empire especially during the some 200 years of the imperial phase covered by this book. Spqr a history of ancient rome is a 2015 book by english classicist mary beard that was published in the united kingdom by profile books and elsewhere by liveright company spqr appeared on the hardcover non fiction bestseller list in december 2015 it was a . Spqr has 18918 ratings and 1781 reviews sean said i have a weird thing with acronyms the minute i see one i start thinking what it might stand for. Spqr a history of ancient rome by mary beard beyond stereotypes and myths many books on the roman empire are concerned with its fall but spqr the senate and people of rome is concerned with its evolvement and operation. Spqr the title derives from an acronym of the latin phrase senatus populusque romanus meaning the senate and people of rome is a sprawling but humane volume that examines